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Diablo Cody to tackle Sweet Valley High.

Europe Intelligence Wire

| September 23, 2009 | COPYRIGHT 2003 Financial Times Ltd. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

(From Guardian Unlimited)

Diablo Cody, who won an Oscar for her smart screenplay to Juno , is attached to write a big-screen adaptation of Sweet Valley High , the long-running series of teen-oriented books which was also made into a TV show.

The books centred on the lives of identical twins Jessica and Elizabeth Wakefield, who live in the fictional town of Sweet Valley, California, and attend the local high school. More than 150 titles were published featuring Jessica, the more flighty of the sisters, and Elizabeth, the practical one, who usually had to save the day when one of her sibling's fanciful schemes went awry.

Cody is said to have grown up reading …

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